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John Donato Torrio (born Donato Torrio, Italian: [doˈnaːto ˈtɔrrjo]; January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957) was an Italian-born American mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s later inherited by his protégé Al Capone.
Johnny Torrio, an Italian-American gangster who rose to power in the 1920s, would survive both arrests and multiple gunshot wounds to retire. All while keeping his reputation as one of the founding fathers of organized crime.
Apr 12, 2024 · Johnny Torrio (born February 1882, Orsara, Italy—died April 16, 1957, New York, New York, U.S.) was an American gangster who became a top crime boss in Chicago and one of the founders of modern organized crime in America.
Johnny Torrio died April 16, 1957 from a heart attack while in New York. Back to Crime Library. Giovanni Torrio was born in Italy on January 20, 1882. At the age of two his father passed away and he moved to New York with his mother. His name was switched.
John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, born Giovanni Torrio (January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957), also known as "The Fox" and as "The Immune", was an Italian-American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s that was later inherited by his protégé, Al Capone.
Giovanni “Johnny” Torrio, aka: “The Fox,” was An Italian-American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s. Torrio was born in Italy in February 1882, and when his father died when he was two years old, he immigrated with his mother to New York City.
Oct 14, 2009 · Some people think that Johnny "The Fox" Torrio retired from organized crime after he turned his crime empire over to a young Al Capone in 1925. Far from it. Many crime historians believe that Torrio’s most significant contributions to organized crime came years later, an opinion shared by Torrio’s contemporaries on the other side of the law.
Johnny Torrio was an Italian-American gangster, who is widely acknowledged as the founder of organized crime in America. For his shrewdness, leadership and entrepreneur skill, he was also known as ‘The Fox’, ‘Papa Johnny’ and ‘The Immune’.
Mar 17, 2003 · Left-Johnny Torrio was so badly frightened when his jaw was shattered by shotgun slugs and pistol bullets that he never again appeared in his role as Chicago’s most powerful purveyor of vice.
Among these, Johnny Torrio stands out as a key architect of the Prohibition-era underworld, a shrewd and influential mobster who played a pivotal role in the rise of Al Capone and the establishment of the infamous Chicago Outfit.
